Cargo ship that crashed into Baltimore bridge reaches Virginia port

The 984-foot Dali crossed the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel and entered Norfolk waters around 5 a.m. The ship was escorted by the U.S. Coast Guard as it entered the Elizabeth River — the Coast Guard Cutter Sailfish, an 87-foot patrol boat, provided a 500-yard safety zone around the Dali.

For this US airman, the Gaza war hit too close to home

Mohammed Abu Hashem ended a 22-year Air Force career after his aunt was killed in an Israeli strike. “I can’t be part of the system that enabled this,” he says.

US soldier accused of drunken driving, hit-and-run on Okinawa

Japanese police arrested a U.S. soldier assigned to Kadena Air Base over the weekend on suspicion of drunken driving, colliding with another vehicle and fleeing the scene.

South Korean wrestlers put US troops through Camp Casey clinic

Some of the best wrestlers in South Korea recently put on a combat wrestling seminar at Camp Casey.

‘Small detachment’ of Marines to arrive on Guam this winter

A “small detachment” of U.S. Marines is scheduled to relocate to Guam at the end of the year as the island prepares for thousands more transferring from Okinawa, according to the Marine Corps. 

Marine tells Okinawa court he robbed convenience store to recoup scam debt

A U.S. Marine pleaded guilty Monday to robbing a convenience store on Okinawa, a crime he testified he committed to retrieve money he lost in an online scam.

High-speed chase ends with capture of JBLM soldier accused of killing pregnant wife, another soldier

A soldier at Joint Base Lewis-McChord is accused of shooting and killing his pregnant wife and another soldier, then leading police on a high-speed chase that ended with his capture by a SWAT squad.

Navy’s new hovercraft on track to be mission ready by fall after years of delays, watchdog says

The Navy’s new hovercraft will be ready to deploy and conduct missions in September as the service races to replace its aging landing craft fleet. Known as the ship-to-shore connector, the upgraded version of the service’s air-cushioned landing craft has struggled through four years of delays.

Air Force Research Laboratory is set to welcome a new commander

Brig. Gen. Jason E. Bartolomei will assume command of AFRL during a change of command ceremony hosted by Air Force Materiel Command Commander Gen. Duke Z. Richardson July 10.

Air Force general pleads guilty to lesser charges as sex assault court-martial begins

Maj. Gen. Phillip Stewart pleaded guilty Monday morning to two of the lesser charges against him just before opening arguments were to begin in his court-martial for sexual assault of a subordinate officer. He pleaded not guilty to remaining charges.

No cleanup in sight for Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station polluted with ‘forever chemicals’

Six years after the federal government learned that the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station was one of the worst polluted military sites in the nation with PFAS, it still has no cleanup plans.

US Navy base in Sicily looks back on 65 years, ahead to burgeoning NATO role

NAS Sigonella has grown to 1,300 acres and about 40 tenant commands, among them Space Force, Army, Marines and Air Force detachments. The military community of more than 6,000 also includes civilians, service member families and Italian workers.

Dali cargo ship leaves Baltimore for Virginia, nearly 3 months after bridge collapse

The cargo ship Dali headed out of Baltimore for Virginia on Monday, nearly three months after it lost power and crashed into one of the Francis Scott Key bridge’s supporting columns and caused the bridge to collapse.

Marine Corps plans new littoral regiment on Guam in a ‘few years,’ commandant says

The Marine Corps plans to establish a new littoral regiment on Guam in the next several years to “counter Chinese aggression” in the region, Japanese media reported.

Thousands of Marines wrap weeks of Philippine exercises

American and Filipino marines recently concluded six weeks of coastal defense and aviation training in the Philippines.

Japanese designer manhole covers arrive at home of US 7th Fleet

Yokosuka Naval Base has new manhole covers that reflect a piece of Japanese pop culture.

The remains of a ‘Buffalo Soldier’ who was killed nearly 80 years ago were just identified

The Pentagon’s agency that works to account for missing service members announced that nearly 80 years after a World War II battle in Italy, the remains of an American soldier have been identified as Pfc. Lemuel Dent Jr.

106th Rescue Wing gets its first Jolly Green helicopter

A new era has begun for the 106th Rescue Wing at the Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base: The HH-60W Jolly Green II search and rescue helicopter has arrived.

Yemen’s Houthis undeterred by US campaign to halt Red Sea attacks

Despite months of U.S.-led airstrikes against Yemen’s Houthi fighters, the rebels have continued to threaten vital shipping routes. Just this month, they sank one ship and set another ablaze. and have launched swarms of drones at U.S. warships and deployed a remote-controlled boat packed with explosives.